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leadsmen

leadsmen is the plural of leadsman.

Meaning of leadsman

Noun (1)

leadsman (plural leadsmen)

  1. (obsolete) lodesman (a leader or guide)

Noun (2)

leadsman (plural leadsmen)

  1. A sailor who takes soundings with a lead, measuring the depth of water.
    • In the same moment the leadsman hove the lead, and, finding it directly take the ground, he, in his fright, called out, ‘There's only three fathom.’1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 205

Questions about leadsmen

What is leadsmen the plural of?
Leadsmen is the plural of leadsman.

Words near leadsmen in the dictionary

  1. leadscrew
  2. leadscrews
  3. leadsheet
  4. leadsheets
  5. leadsman
  6. leadsmen
  7. leadswinger
  8. leadswingers
  9. leadtree
  10. leadtrees
  11. leadup

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